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[Q] i want swype back please!!!!

Just did everything to my g2 at once today, and lost one of my fav features; swype...i have cyanogenmod-6.1.0-RC3-vision... i went and downloaded the stock rom and pulled the apk file from it and when i installed it, it kept force closing. i even tried pushing it via abd but kept getting errors.. can someone please help

You need to grab libSwypeCore.so from /system/lib and push it to same directory on new ROM.
Sent from my T-Mobile G2 using XDA App

Just download the apk provided by oldsk00lz to recover swype from your clockwork backup. It worked for me.
http://forum.xda-developers.com/showthread.php?t=841603

what are the commands? i have a stock rom downloaded and have the swpe file s sitting on my desktop ready to go..i have the swype.apk and libswypecore.so...i tried transferring them to the app file on the root of my phone and system/lib via astro manager but it wont let me

what page is it on?

Tman0604 said:
what are the commands? i have a stock rom downloaded and have the swpe file s sitting on my desktop ready to go..i have the swype.apk and libswypecore.so...i tried transferring them to the app file on the root of my phone and system/lib via astro manager but it wont let me
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the first line of code changes your system to READ/WRITE I use root explorer to change it back to READ-ONLY or just reboot.
Code:
adb shell mount -o remount,rw /dev/block/mmcblk0p25 /system
adb push libSwypeCore.so /system/lib
adb install Swype.apk
for the code I wrote to work for you the files need to be in the same folder that the adb.exe runs out of. this is usually located in the tools folder in the android SDK otherwise you have to type the full path ie
this is on windows 7 on my computer so file path will be different for you
Code:
adb push C:\users\etnie\downloads\G2\libSwypeCore.so /system/lib
hope that helps

[Q] droid x download permissions issue

so im stuck and can not figure this out. for some reason the permissions for the download folders on my sd card do not have any user permissions checked. i can not download anything at all but the market is fine as it is on the internal memory i suppose. the only reason i came across the user permissions issue was because i found another post where someone had the same problem with downloading and corrected the issue by using root explorer and manually adding user permissions to any folder he used for downloading. now... here is my problem... i used root explorer and when i try to add user permissions to these folders, the settings that changed do not stick. i check mark the 3 boxes and accept the changes but if i go back into that folders specific permissions, they are unchecked once again. how can i get it to not revert back or better yet how can i just resolve the issue in whole so i dont have to keep fixing folder permissions on the sd card for app that downloads? i dont see why the sd card of all places would start having these permission issues. the guys post i came across tried to tie this issue to the fix permissions option in rom manager saying it may have caused the problem but i didnt use rom manager to fix permissions until this problem started. i was on liberty 1.5 rom then reverted back to rooted stock where i still have the problem with all downloading except the market again. any help would be greatly appreciated!

58 views and not a single response? wow.... so very shocking to see that, i bet if i had post this in the dev forum i would have gotten 15+ responses just to say that im in the wrong section then anther 30 for people to argue back and fourth on how everyone is being rude or that this is the reason devs stay in irc...

Give this a try if you have the sdk and adb set up.
from a command prompt:
1) adb devices (make sure that your phone shows up)
2) adb shell
3) su (assuming you have rooted your phone)
4) cd /mnt/sdcard/download (or whatever the folder on your sdcard for downloads is called)
5) chmod 777 /mnt/sdcard/download (or whatever your download folder is called)
this should change the permissions on your sdcard to have full permissions.

thanks for your reply! im grateful, but wouldnt that only change the permissions for the "download" folder? which is mostly only a default location for apps such as the browser?

The way sysadmin-x is suggesting makes the permissions way different than they are by default, I wouldn't recommend doing it that way.
If you want to change permissions on the entire sd card to what they are by default, try running(as root)
Code:
chown -R system:sdcard_rw /mnt/sdcard && chmod -R 075 /mnt/sdcard
Edit: that code messes up the permissions on one folder, after running that you should also run
Code:
chown -R root:root /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure && chmod -R 000 /mnt/sdcard/.android_secure

Just do this: download a terminal emulator from the market. Open the app. Type su and press enter. Give it root access. Type chmod 777 /sdcard and press enter.
Please note you need root to do this

Enable 2 finger rotation in GMaps 5

You may have noticed that GMaps 5 doesn't rotate with the 2 finger method shown in the youtube promo clip. The following solution appears to work for any device - I confirmed this worked on my u8800 x5 today.
Albeit a fairly benign change, make sure you have a /system backup you can restore if needed - would be a shame to lose your touchscreen
Using Root Explorer or command line
Replace (yes that means remove this file and exchange with another)
/system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.xml
with xml extracted from attached zip.
"android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct.xml"
set permissions
adb shell chmod 644 /system/etc/permissions/android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct.xml
(rw-r--r-- if you do it via root explorer gui)
Reboot
Voila... gmaps is a lot more fun
just google "android.hardware.touchscreen.multitouch.distinct" if you want to feel more comfortable

It works. Thanks!

[Q] Trouble restoring "/system/app"

I (without heeding the warnings) decided it would be a good idea to delete certain apps (including Hero of Sparta, Lets Golf, etc.) once I got my tablet rooted. Luckily, there are two A500's in my household, so I was able to copy the /system/app directory from the other untouched tablet.
Problem is, I can't seem to copy the directory (or any apps from it) into my tablet. I've used both ASTRO and File Manager HD, but in both, the 'paste' command is greyed out. It's as if I don't have the necessary permissions.
So, what's going on?

did you set the Read-Write permission on that directory?

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No, thanks for the reminder.
Upon attempting to edit permissions, though, using a terminal emulator, I get an error after typing this:
Code:
su
cd /system/app
chmod 777 /system/app
And the error I get is:
"Unable to chmod /system/app: Read-only file system"

Zen_Jackal said:
No, thanks for the reminder.
Upon attempting to edit permissions, though, using a terminal emulator, I get an error after typing this:
Code:
su
cd /system/app
chmod 777 /system/app
And the error I get is:
"Unable to chmod /system/app: Read-only file system"
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Silly question, but do you have your system rooted?

Yes, I do. Using GingerBreak as I'm still waiting on that 3.1 update

Zen_Jackal said:
Yes, I do. Using GingerBreak as I'm still waiting on that 3.1 update
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OK, then try a file explorer like Root Explorer and you should be able to set the rights ro R/W and copy your files over.

Root Explorer worked like a charm. I'm suprised File Manager HD doesn't perform those functions. I got a good feeling when I saw that Root Explorer was requesting superuser permission.

Zen_Jackal said:
Root Explorer worked like a charm. I'm suprised File Manager HD doesn't perform those functions. I got a good feeling when I saw that Root Explorer was requesting superuser permission.
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Glad to hear that worked. Root Explorer is what I use. Have been for over a year. I think File MAnager HD can also do it, but it is not as straight forward ad Root Explorer. Have fun.

BTW the permission setting 0777 means anyone can access it (or any other application), for the sake of having a better security the permissions should be changed to 445 so only root can access and execute those files (I'm not sure if APKs are considered excutables if they are not the 444 will be the right setting)
Sent from my A500 using Tapatalk

unable to switch keyboards in rooted nst with nook Color tools

Hi,
I have rooted NST, installed Any Soft Keyboard from the market as well as pushed a copy in the /system/apps folder.
When trying to use Nook Color Tools to switch the keyboard, it doesn't show that the Any soft keyboard exists.
Any ideas ?

Did you reboot after pushing the apk into /system/apps ?

cowbutt said:
Did you reboot after pushing the apk into /system/apps ?
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Same problem, did reboot

This is specific to my keyboard app.
Use it as a guide to do your own keyboard thing.
Code:
adb pull /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db settings.db
sqlite3 settings.db
update secure set value='com.android.inputmethod.latin/.LatinIME:com.temblast.nullkbd/.NullKeyboard' where name='enabled_input_methods';
update secure set value='com.android.inputmethod.latin/.LatinIME' where name='default_input_method';
.q
adb push settings.db /data/data/com.android.providers.settings/databases/settings.db

You need to reinstall from the system/app folder once you move them.

Y-3 said:
You need to reinstall from the system/app folder once you move them.
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Installing from there didn't help.

Enabling multiple IMEs (Input Method Editors) and selecting them is usually part of Settings.apk
If you have the stock Nook Settings.apk this is not included.
The easiest way to enable another IME is using SQLite to modify settings.db in my previous post.
You could also use Settings.apk taken from the Emulator in the SDK.
That would require you to re-sign your entire system with a new signature.